Definitions
Arguments For And Against Allowing Someone To Die
Arguments For And Against Mercy Death
Arguments For And Against Mercy Killing
100
"A Good Death"
What is Euthanasia
100
May be denying the patient the opportunity to be cured of their illness.
What is the possibility of finding cures.
100
Killing is killing, regardless of the persons request. No one has the right to take another persons life.
What is the religious argument.
100
Burdens in return for a continuation of what can be assumed to be a minimal existence.
What is financial and emotion burdens.
200
A home providing care for the sick, especially the terminally ill.
What is Hospice
200
One would rather die with dignity than waste away due to their illness.
What is the right to die with dignity.
200
Humans are willing to put down their pets when they suffer, so we should accord with our fellow humans.
What is human rights versus animal rights.
200
Argument that countless research may be able to heal the individual.
What is the possibility of finding cures.
300
Allowing a terminally ill patient to die a natural death without any interference on the part of medical science.
What is allowing someone to die.
300
People have rights to decide about their own lives and body.
What is individual rights over bodies and lives.
300
People ought to have the right to decide when their live should end.
What is individual freedom and rights.
300
Allowing mercy killing would make it hard to set precedence, causing a dangerous effect.
What is the domino argument.
400
A direct action taken to end someone's life without that persons request, by motive of mercy.
What is mercy killing.
400
Never opt for death, one must always opt for life.
What is the impossibility of opting for death.
400
One should exert their effort to placing the individual in a hospice, which will then preserve and protect the individuals life.
What is the hospice alternative.
400
People are not existing as humans, but rather as organisms.
What is mercy for the "living dead."
500
Results from damage to the cerebral cortex, or neocortex, which controls the cognitive function.
What is persistent vegetative state (PVS).
500
Only God can create and take away life.
What is interference with God's divine plan.
500
People are in a state of fear and depression, thus cannot make rational decisions because of this.
What is the irrationality of mercy death.
500
Murder is murder regardless of motive, thus mercy killing would be considered premeditated murder
What is the direct violation of the value of life principle.
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